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--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, jkorb@... wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@...>
> >Sent: Mar 26, 2007 4:42 AM
> >To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mike Pinder Mellotron CD-Rom 
Question
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> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
> >To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 3:48 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Mike Pinder Mellotron CD-Rom 
Question
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> >> #886's tapes are marked "BBS" and have cello/3violins/flute, 
and are the
> >> original set as well.  As near as I have been able to figure, 
it was
> >> produced mid-1974.
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> >I've been told that #1145 rolled off the line in Nov.'73, and was 
originally 
> >sent out with cello/3v/flutes, so your #886 has to be rather 
older - early 
> >'73? Mind you, that depends on how things worked with Sound 
Sales, I 
> >suppose. I've never quite understood this - were all M400s 
produced in the 
> >UK, then some exported and 'improved' (cough, splutter) by SS?
> >
> >Andy T.  - #1145
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> Greetings Andy and Gang,     I purchased M400  #681 July 1973 from 
the UK.
> And Larry "Synergy" Fast  acquired his M400 #725 from Rondo 
Music,NJ in May 1973.
> 
> The oldest M400 I've seen is #104 owned by a chap in Bucks County, 
PA.
> Considering that first year of M400 sales was roughly 1970, it's 
safe to assume 
> their actual mfg. dates commenced  in 1969 .  Most likely, after 
M300 production
> ceased and retooling for M400 began.
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> Cheers, -- Jerry Korb
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>>>These numbers and mfg. dates are starting to resemble a hornets 
nest.  So if Andy's 886 is early '73 and Jerry's 681 is mid '73 well 
I don't want to guess on 703. Good question for Martin, maybe they 
built and warehoused these and as orders came in they picked a unit 
at random?  Mine has Streetly Mfg sticker on back panel and round 3 
prong British Standard power cord.  Did the SS versions also come 
wired with same plug and markings?  The tapes in my former 459 were 
marked BBS and were choir/violins/flute and 703s' were not marked at 
all and had  cello instead.  Also the BBS set was on a grayish tape 
and the other on brown. From any articles I've read on SS I was 
under the assumption that the 400's were all manufactured in England 
and SS acted as an agent here in US??  Maybe other original owners 
could help to clarify?.... Doug